Okay. When we're talking about best value, I'm not looking for chapter and verse on what the policy says. What I'm looking for is the practical application of that.
It falls below a threshold of $10 million and, therefore, doesn't trigger the need for a Treasury Board review, which I think is wild in this respect when multi-million-dollar estates do not trigger the review of Treasury Board.
We've seen at this committee and others before where Liberal members have said that, “Well, you know, these decisions are all up to bureaucrats and there are absolutely no ministers who are responsible for any of the tens of millions of dollars that get spent.”
This is a condo on Billionaires' Row in Manhattan. We have government facilities available to the appointee to host meetings that aren't next to his bedroom, so what is the value that Canadians get for this $9-million purchase in Manhattan?